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Education Freedom Accounts and lack of constraints on eligible expenses under the program were the subjects of a rules discussion by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules Friday.
The Senate voted on a number of bills related to Education Freedom Accounts, Redistricting, bail reform and others at a busy session on Wednesday.
HB 1255, still in the hands of the House Education Committee 4 weeks after it was discussed at a public hearing, would prohibit teachers from advocating “subversive doctrines” by expanding a 1949 description of banned doctrines.
Samantha Plantin, the daughter of slaves, who may be the first African American woman to own property in the City of Manchester, is about to get the recognition she is due.
The House Education Committee Tuesday heard the good, the bad, and the ugly about the state’s new divisive concepts law.
CONCORD – A bill was heard Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee that would require a thirty-minute public comment period at the beginning of all school board meetings.
JerriAnne Boggis, BHT Executive Director, and her staff opened their annual public conversation on democracy Sunday with bravery, by hosting a conversation on “Divisive Concepts: A Chilling Effect on Teaching History.”
One might expect that a bill to eliminate a new state voucher program that just launched in the fall would meet with opposition, but a separate bill, seeking to ensure that the Education Freedom Accounts go only to families in need of financial help also met with strong opposition during a hearing before the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.
The bill seeks to require teachers to provide curricular materials for all courses to the community and allow parents to place objections on materials and require schools to provide alternative instruction.